Published: Good Men Project (April 16, 2015)
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I’m not sure if being unable to drive is a net positive or negative, but I do know that it’s worth writing about.
To clarify: When I say “unable to drive” I don’t mean that I have temporarily lost my license or had it suspended.... Read Original Article
Published: Good Men Project (April 11, 2015)
Listen, I’m not one of those writers who constantly trashes the younger generation. I even wrote an article defending millennials for being opinionated – and to the anonymous journalist whose diatribe inspired that piece, let it be known that I stand by every word I wrote.
Published: Daily Dot (April 9, 2015)
Last month, the “Digital Economy and Society Index” determined that Greece ranked close-to-last among European Union nations in keeping up with the progress of the digital revolution. This is hardly surprising, considering how far behind that nation lags in so many other metrics, but it is telling here for one reason: If the Greek public was better connected online, there is a chance they could stimulate more support for their movement to receive long-overdue World War II reparations.... Read Original Article
Published: MSNBC (April 8, 2015)
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul doesn’t need to win the presidency to revolutionize the Republican Party. He just needs to get nominated.
More than fifty years have passed since the GOP chose a non-establishment candidate to lead its national ticket. Even when their base could only muster tepid enthusiasm for its standard-bearer (see Mitt Romney), the primaries have had a way of weeding out iconoclasts and only leaving “safe” candidates standing.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (April 6, 2015)
If Elizabeth Warren has her way on expanding Social Security, Americans might learn a valuable lesson—namely, that you can be a political game-changer without running for president. Perhaps more importantly, if supporters of Social Security expansion utilize the Internet to its fullest potential, they could fundamentally transform not only one of America’s landmark entitlement programs, but also the Democratic Party as well.... Read Original Article
Published: Good Men Project (April 2, 2015), Daily Dot (April 6, 2015)
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Writers tend to be argumentative creatures (it’s part of our opinionated personality type), and consequently some of my most memorable debates have been with other practitioners of my craft.... Read Original Article